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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Le Vauclin in Martinique

Posted by admin on September 22, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.5187S, -60.7259WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Le Vauclin in Martinique on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/09/24 / 2024-09-22 03:06:22 / September 22, 2024 @ 3:06 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 92.665 km (58 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ntlr. Unique identifier: us6000ntlr. Exact location of earthquake, -60.7259° West, 14.5187° North, depth 92.665 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:06:22 / 3:06 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Fort-de-France (c. 90 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Le Lamentin (c. 39 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Le Robert (c. 23 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Sainte-Marie (c. 20 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Castries (c. 20 000 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Le François (c. 19 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vieux Fort, Choiseul, Laborie (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Saint Lucia (c. 161 000 pop), Martinique (c. 433 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km ESE of Le Vauclin, Martinique.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -60.7259° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.5187° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 92.665 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km ESE of Le Vauclin, Martinique Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-22 03:06:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-22 04:31:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 298 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.472 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000ntlr Id of event.
Event Code 6000ntlr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ntlr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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